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Kicking the tires on a veteran role player is what most contenders do in the second half of the season, but the pickups rarely prove beneficial. Here are three scrap-heap gambles that worked out for teams hoping to still be making noise in May.

Mike James, Dallas

Pre-James

Post-James

Record

13-22

23-17

Turnovers/game

15.1

13.0

Rank turnovers/game

18th

2nd

Strengths: Ballhandling, spot-up shooting. After being called up from the D-League, James helped stabilize a revolving door at point guard.